The former India player celebrated Indian team's victorious tour of West Indies in his own unique style.
As cricket grapples with a massive scheduling problem, former India coach Ravi Shastri has called for reduction in T20 bilateral series, saying franchise cricket can be encouraged instead.
Isa Guha has apologised for her controversial comment about Jasprit Bumrah.
"The Trophy Tour has covered all eight participating nations during its global journey and, with the conclusion of India leg, it will now travel to its final stop in Pakistan," the ICC said in a statement on Monday.
Cricket's Peter Pan turns 56.
The ideal candidate should be deaf to avoid being shocked by the so-called 'shocking revelations' from the dressing room, asserts K R Nayar.
The Shastri-Kohli tenure was a good one for Indian cricket but often the duo was criticised for not standing by a few players
Rohit, who had missed the first Test, dropped down to the number six spot in the pink ball Test after KL Rahul excelled at the top in the series opener in his absence.
Winston Lee is a cocker spaniel who has taken to India's head coach.
Shastri posted a photo of himself having a conversation with batsman Shubman Gill on Twitter
Sam Konstas had the Indian camp in disbelief with his bold ramp shots off Bumrah
Former India women's team captain Anjum Chopra also praised Gill for his impressive rise in white ball cricket.
While Gill's intent was to contain, former players believe he missed an opportunity to attack when it mattered most.
'Only few are brave': Kohli tweets birthday greeting.
'He return to Australia for this tour in form and a man Australia fears, an unthinkable prospect when he was bailed up in hospital unable to walk.'
Ravi Shastri has said Rohit Sharma did not show a "positive mindset"
He was seeking a new purpose -- something to reignite his passion and spark a personal resurgence. But under the current team management, Kohli felt that he wasn't getting the environment, autonomy, or energy he needed.
The 51-year-old maestro effortlessly adapted to the new sport, delivering powerful hits and captivating the crowd with his skills.
India head coach Ravi Shastri on Saturday expressed his disappointment at 10-day isolation rules for anyone who comes in contact of a COVID-19 positive person as it happened with bowling coach Bharat Arun.
'They'll think that he'll come in straight away and set the world on fire.' 'It's never that easy when you come back from injury.'
'As a captain and a player, he never played for a draw, he always wanted to win.'
"Ravi Shastri should be removed as head coach before the Australia tour. Ravi Shastri is a very good cricket commentator and he should be allowed to do so," Chauhan, also Uttar Pradesh Sports Minister, said while agreeing to demands raised by former cricketers for removal of Shastri as coach.
'He pursued it, practised hard at it and continued to look for new things as his career progressed, to keep up with the times.'
The tough part about coaching is that you have to trouble the comfortable, and comfort the troubled, observes Sandeep Goyal.
Former coach Ravi Shastri's assertion that the Indian team lost in Indore due to "overconfidence" has been termed "rubbish" by skipper Rohit Sharma, who minced no words while calling him an "outsider".
Tendulkar's 200 Test and 463 ODI appearances are also the highest by any player in the history of the game.
Shastri said that IPL has been an ideal preparatory ground for the Indian players, most of whom are regulars for their respective franchises.
Speaking to Sunil Gavaskar, Michael Clarke and Mark Butcher, who were discussing the game in a television studio in Mumbai, Shastri came up with a rather interesting way to describe the tense moments of the game with Australia almost pulling-off a record chase.
Shastri feels managing the workload of players, especially bowlers, will be Gambhir's biggest challenge.
'You call Raina Mr. IPL, I could not disagree. He lit up the IPL, to play consecutive seasons for a team without missing a match is a real big compliment in itself. He is one of the highest-scorers in the history of the competition.'
Ravi Shastri, who knows a thing or two about winning Test rubbers in Australia, on Thursday asked India skipper Rohit Sharma
The former India head coach had told a leading publication that he was surprised to see three wicket-keepers Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Dinesh Karthik and Rishabh Pant in the 2019 World Cup squad.
Former India head coach Ravi Shastri believes that the coach and the captain should have a say in the team selection.
"So there's no need [to play in overseas leagues], they're absolutely fine playing IPL cricket and focusing on domestic cricket. We need them to play domestic cricket in India as well," he added.
Ravi Shastri is tipping the side he had coached to continue their recent dominance in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy
The legendary Sachin Tendulkar led the cricket world in showering praise on Afghanistan after their stunning eight-run victory over England in the Champions Trophy, saying their wins "can't be termed as upsets anymore".
Ashwin had left for Chennai hours after reaching the coveted milestone of 500 Test wickets on the second day of the match.
'Better team won in the conditions. Deserved winners...'
Rishabh Pant walked out to bat on Day 2 despite fracturing his toe.
For Shastri, India's recent successes in Test cricket have often been defined by the stubbornness and resilience of the tail-enders.
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